clutter
英['klʌtə]
美['klʌtɚ]
- n. 杂乱，混乱
- vt. 使凌乱；胡乱地填满
- n. (Clutter)人名；(英)克拉特
词态变化
第三人称单数: clutters;过去式: cluttered;过去分词: cluttered;现在分词: cluttering;
助记提示
1. clot => clutter.
2. clot => clut- + 双写t加-er.
中文词源
clutter 凌乱，塞满词源同clod,clot.即大块状的，凌乱的。
英文词源
- clutter (v.)
- 1550s, "to collect in heaps," variant of clotern "to form clots, to heap on" (c. 1400); related to clot (n.). Sense of "to litter" is first recorded 1660s. Related: Cluttered; cluttering.
- clutter (n.)
- 1570s, "things lying in heaps or confusion," from clutter (v.); the "litter" sense is from 1660s.
双语例句
- 1. Caroline prefers her worktops to be clear of clutter.
- 卡罗琳喜欢把厨房台面收拾得整整齐齐。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Empty soft-drink cans clutter the desks.
- 空饮料罐胡乱地堆在桌上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Don't clutter the page with too many diagrams.
- 别用太多的图表来堆砌版面。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The clutter of ships had little room to manoeuvre.
- 船只橫七竖八地挤在一起,几乎没有多少移动的空间.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The garage is in such a clutter that we can't find anything.
- 车库如此凌乱,我们什么也找不到.
来自《简明英汉词典》